This remarkable series celebrates the biological and geographic diversity of one of the world's most unique countries: New Zealand.

New Zealand's Tuatara is older than the Dinosaurs. How did it survive so long?

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The Tuatara

Evolution may be the kiwi's greatest threat.

How has New Zealand's wildlife adapted to one of the most geologically unstable places on earth?

New Zealand's Kakapo is the world's strangest parrot; but can it be saved from extinction?

Many of New Zealand's animals share an unusual trait; they're living giants.

Beneath the oceans surrounding New Zealand are many strange marine predators.